On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Steven Brust wrote: > At 10:18 PM 2/17/2003 -0500, Natarajan Krishnaswami wrote: > >On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 07:04:08PM -0800, Steven Brust wrote: > > > A good case in point would be slashovers, which could be used brilliantly > > > in the Old Days of fanzines and apa-hacking, but quite properly never made > > > their way into general literature. > > > ><ignorance category="jargon"> > >What's a slashover? > ></ignorance> > > > An artifact of the typewriter. Words or phrases "struck out" with a slash > so they could still be read, the humor coming from the idea that the author > had first written something and then changed his mind, but you could see > his original thought. > > "You'll be at Westercon? Great! I look forward to s/e/d/u/c/i/n/g/ meeting > you." Or, as sometimes seen now on the net, fuc^H^H^Hthank you. --Brother Ike